Can fraps overlay cause VAC ban?

[Teo]

Fraps overlay, the one that is showing how much FPS you currently have, (The yellow numbers), can they cause VAC ban? I believe it is using D3D injection

[Си́нтез]

No

[Cathulhu]

It's hooking into DirectX, not injecting. Big difference.
And no, Fraps does not cause VAC bans.

[PepeHands]

You can only get VAC banned if you modify any DLL or EXE files of a game. For more informations about VAC, please check https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-Radz-6869&l=english

[Cathulhu]

Dev の投稿を引用：

You can only get VAC banned if you modify any DLL or EXE files of a game.

That is just wrong. Most cheats do not touch the game at all. They manipulate RAM entries instead.

[PepeHands]

Cathulhu の投稿を引用：

Dev の投稿を引用：

You can only get VAC banned if you modify any DLL or EXE files of a game.

That is just wrong. Most cheats do not touch the game at all. They manipulate RAM entries instead.

"The VAC system reliably detects cheats using their cheat signatures. Any third-party modifications to a game designed to give one player an advantage over another is classified as a cheat or hack and will trigger a VAC ban. This includes modifications to a game's core executable files and dynamic link libraries."

[Cathulhu]

Note the word INCLUDE. That means VAC also monitors core game files. That does not mean it's the only thing it does, which you claimed:

Dev の投稿を引用：

You can only get VAC banned if you modify any DLL or EXE files of a game. For more informations about VAC, please check https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-Radz-6869&l=english

[PepeHands]

Cathulhu の投稿を引用：

Note the word INCLUDE. That means VAC also monitors core game files. That does not mean it's the only thing it does, which you claimed:

Dev の投稿を引用：

You can only get VAC banned if you modify any DLL or EXE files of a game. For more informations about VAC, please check https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-Radz-6869&l=english

I didn't knew that. But you must be true . Thanks for the information.

[De]

Nice Space war hack

[BossGalaga]

D-Sec の投稿を引用：

Fraps overlay, the one that is showing how much FPS you currently have, (The yellow numbers), can they cause VAC ban? I believe it is using D3D injection

I have used Fraps while playing VAC secured games. If somehow Fraps suddenly caused VAC bans and you got banned, you would miraculously be the first Fraps/Steam user to be VAC banned for it, since tons of youtubers and other video makers use Fraps.

[Teo]

Desolation64™ Cfg. の投稿を引用：

Nice Space war hack

I am a dev, and I am working on a game in GameMaker:Studio from yoyo games and I would like to distribute it.

SpaceWar is used to test steam features and is used for development purposes.

If you think I use it for hacking, you are terribly mistaken. But it brings up a question.

How do you know it is used for hacking? And why did you mention hacking as the first thing when you saw space war? Someone is not as clean as he is claiming.

[BossGalaga]

D-Sec の投稿を引用：

Desolation64™ Cfg. の投稿を引用：

Nice Space war hack

I am a dev, and I am working on a game in GameMaker:Studio from yoyo games and I would like to distribute it.

SpaceWar is used to test steam features and is used for development purposes.

If you think I use it for hacking, you are terribly mistaken. But it brings up a question.

How do you know it is used for hacking? And why did you mention hacking as the first thing when you saw space war? Someone is not as clean as he is claiming.

The guy interjecting with the pointless comment, does in fact have an alt account with multiple bans.

At any rate, Fraps will not cause any known conflicts with VAC. It might slow down your FPS though, depending on how beefy your system is. There are options you can configure in Fraps to minimize this.

[Cathulhu]

D-Sec の投稿を引用：

Desolation64™ Cfg. の投稿を引用：

Nice Space war hack

I am a dev, and I am working on a game in GameMaker:Studio from yoyo games and I would like to distribute it.

SpaceWar is used to test steam features and is used for development purposes.

If you think I use it for hacking, you are terribly mistaken. But it brings up a question.

How do you know it is used for hacking? And why did you mention hacking as the first thing when you saw space war? Someone is not as clean as he is claiming.

But you don't have a developer badge. It's commonly known that SpaceWar is used by many to play games on Steam they don't own, so everyone who has playtime of that on their account without the Steamworks developer badge is seen as suspicious.

[Teo]

Cathulhu の投稿を引用：

D-Sec の投稿を引用：

I am a dev, and I am working on a game in GameMaker:Studio from yoyo games and I would like to distribute it.

SpaceWar is used to test steam features and is used for development purposes.

If you think I use it for hacking, you are terribly mistaken. But it brings up a question.

How do you know it is used for hacking? And why did you mention hacking as the first thing when you saw space war? Someone is not as clean as he is claiming.

But you don't have a developer badge. It's commonly known that SpaceWar is used by many to play games on Steam they don't own, so everyone who has playtime of that on their account without the Steamworks developer badge is seen as suspicious.

That is because the game I am working on is currently in alpha stages and is not in the steam store nor in the greenlight section. I do not have the badge because I do not need it so far. Its release could be a subject to change and it might no hit steam, so paying for a developer license would be a waste of money.

The reason why I was asking about the VAC thing is because of the game itself. I would like to implement it, but I want to be 100% sure that it will not restrict people from using external recording applications that use hook overlays.

SpaceWar can be run with a simple steam command.

[Cathulhu]

As has been established, only cheats or modifications of core game files like EXE and DLL files will cause a VAC ban.

Valve does not restrict the usage of recording software. In fact, they explicitly allow it, including the monetization of that recorded content on YouTube.
Of course, they can allow it only for their own games, still won't cause a ban in any other game that is protected by VAC.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/videopolicy.html

[Teo]

Cathulhu の投稿を引用：

As has been established, only cheats or modifications of core game files like EXE and DLL files will cause a VAC ban.

Valve does not restrict the usage of recording software. In fact, they explicitly allow it, including the monetization of that recorded content on YouTube.
Of course, they can allow it only for their own games, still won't cause a ban in any other game that is protected by VAC.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/videopolicy.html

Thanks a lot for all the answers. I greatelly appreciate your support guys.

Have a nice day.